Improvement in horse powers



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IMPROVEMENT 1N EoRsE POWERS..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WARREN L. PERT, of Maple Rapids, in the countyof Clinton, and State of Michigan, haveJ invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Power Machines and l do` hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ,exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in' .the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Y

The present invention relates to a horsepower machine to be used for threshing grain, sawing wood, and for any other of the purposes to which horse powers are generally applied, and consists ina no vel construction and arrangement of the'same, as will be hereinafter vmore fully described, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a planor top view.

liigure'2, a' longitudinal vertical section taken in the plane of the line x x, gg- 1; and

Figure 3, a transverse vertical `section taken in the plane of the 'line y y, iig. 2.

A A, in the drawings, represent the foundation of the machine, whichv consists of a solid woodcn frame, with a horizontal frame, B, moving in and. guided by parallel ways, C C, nuts D D of bolts E E being used for setting the frame B at anydesired position, for a purpose to be'hereafter explained.v F, the drive-wheel,

lplaced ina horizontal position; and turning by a cast-iron box, G, upon a cast-iron spindle, H, set andiixed in a box L, bolted or otherwise properly secured upon the foundation'A. This drive-wheel is made of plank, one inch thick, four in number, placed onepupon the other, and secured 4together by bolts, Suc., and with cast-iron segments, M, around its periphery, having, at regular and equal distances about the same, projecting teeth or cogs, N N, one cog to every four links, O, of an endless chain, P, passing partially around the drive-wheel, and'fro'm the same to and around another wheel, Q, turning lin bearings by itsy shaft, R, ofl thevslide frame B, before referred to. The wheel Q also has cogs or teeth, S S, around'its periphery, and engages by a `toothed crown-wheel, T,Iupon its under side with a vertical gear-wheel, U, upon the horizontal shaft W, turning in bearings of the slide frame. `Upon the drive-wheel E are xed four travellers,'X, through each oi' which vpasses a. 1everrod,Y, entering by its inner 'end a notch, lai`ornned inlthe centre capstan orhead Z, of thc wheel. IJ .5b a series of standards lxed in thefonndationA, having friction-rollers, c c, in their upper ends bearingand running 'upon the top face of the'drive-wheel. When the endless chain belt becomes' loose by wear, it is only necessary, in order to tighten the' same, to screw up the nuts D D, thus causing the slide frame to move forward and away from the drive-Wheel, consequently tightening the belt, as is obviouswithout further description. l i By my construction and arrangement of the horse power above described,lit is much 'more economical than any other horse power heretofore used, and by running it with an endless belt, less wheels are required and the power considerably increased.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent-Y A The combination of the sliding frame B, wheel Q, endless chain P, and driving-wheel F,l constructed and arranged to operate in the manner as and for the purpose herein specified.

The above specication Aof my invention signed by me this 2d day of October, 1865.v

WARREN L. PEET` Witnesses:

HENRY M. PERRIN, PALMER D. BANcRorr. 

